Wednesday: 14.00to15.15
Stage 1
UK REACH : UK REACH: What’s New in ’22 !
Ciara Dempsey Regulatory Affairs Manager - British Coatings Federation
CHEMUK2019
NEC, Birmingham, UK
10th & 11th May, 2023
Speaker Programme
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Forum Sponsors
Wednesday: 10.00to10.20
Stage 1
Price Increase Campaigns: Offsetting inflationary cost increases to protect margins
Dr. Peter Colman Partner and shareholder, Simon-Kucher & Partners
Wednesday: 10.20to10.40
Stage 1
The Chemicals Industry: The end of business as usual
David Hughes CEO, New Normal Consulting
Wednesday: 10.40to11.00
Stage 1
Innovation for tax savings - Patent Box
Greg Stepney Partner | EP and UK Patent Attorney - Withers & Rogers
Wednesday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 2
‘Transitioning to bio-based chemicals'
Session Host: Caroline Wilcock Stakeholder Engagement Manager - BioVale
Guest Speakers:
Adrian Higson
Managing Director, NNFCC
Helen Shiels
Business Development Manager, Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC
Svea Braak
Technical Applications Manager, Clariant
Wednesday: 10.00to10.15
Stage 3
Formulation Stability: What is it, Why does it fail and What can I do about it?
Dr Jim Bullock Director, iFormulate Limited
Wednesday: 10.15to10.30
Stage 3
Polymeric-based drug delivery systems for veterinary use
Shilpa Mistry Head of Pharma, UK & Ireland at Chemlink Specialities
Wednesday: 10.30to11.00
Stage 3
PROCESS INTENSIFICATION - Feature session Hosted by Process Intensification Network (PIN) & PI Group at Newcastle University
Prof. Adam Harvey Professor of Process Intensification - Newcastle University
GUEST PRESENTER
Dr. Jonathan McDonough
Lecturer - PI Group at Newcastle University
Wednesday: 10.30to11.00
Stage 4
KEYNOTE: Is Energy Efficiency really your biggest lever to curb CO2 emissions?
Will Leonard CMgr FCMI Digital, Innovation and Technology Lead – ABB Energy Industries
Wednesday: 11.00to12.00
Stage: 1
Chemicals and Cosmetics – a square peg and a round hole?
Dr. Nick Dixon Innospec Ltd, and Chair of BCA Personal Care Group
Session Speakers:
James Dawick
Toxicology and Risk Assessment Manager - Innospec Ltd
John Hibbs
Principal - Argus Consulting
Clare Liptrot
Global Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs Manager - Croda Europe Ltd
Wednesday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 2
FEATURE SESSION / Q&A - “Circular economy - balancing conventional chemistry and the switch to bioresources”
Amy Peace Innovation Lead for Circular Economy - Innovate UK.
Guest Speakers/Panellists:
Sarah Davidson
Group Sustainability Coordinator for Global Research and Technology at Croda
Dr. Jonathan Wagner
Dr Jonathan Wagner, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Programme Lead for National Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy (CircularChem)
Dr. Catherine Mort
Dr Catherine Julia Mort, Knowledge Transfer Manager, Industrial Biotechnology (InnovateUK KTN)
Wednesday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 3
Revolutionising Medicines Manufacturing Takes Serious Collaboration Feature session - Hosted by CPI
Dr. Neil Sheddan Business Development Director, Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre at CPI
Additional Speakers/Panellists
Dr. Sam Neill
Business Development Director - CPI’s Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre
Dr. Caroline Kelly
Head of Technology Strategy, Formulation
Dr. Barrie Cassey
Grand Challenge Lead - CPI
Dr. Dave Berry
Grand Challenge and Digital Strategy Lead (Medicines Manufacture) CPI
Dr. Katie Murray
PANEL HOST: Technical Director Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre - CPI
Dr. Marcus Cook
Head of Engineering, Exactmer
Terry Reed
Director of Business Development, AstraZeneca
Wednesday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 4
Participants in Session:
Dr David Pugh
Head of Sustainability, Digital Catapult
Rukmini Prasad
Product and Partnerships Manager, Digital Catapult
Richard Head
IT Digital Strategy Partner - Johnson Matthey
Wednesday: 12.00to12.20
Stage 1
KEYNOTE – Change is the only constant, what next for the chemical supply chain?
Tim Doggett CEO – Chemical Business Association (CBA)
Wednesday: 12.20to12.40
Stage 1
KEYNOTE: Introducing the ‘British Chemicals Association’ (formerly BACS)..a new name for a new set of challenges
Lisa Kelly BASF plc and British Chemicals Association (BCA) Chair
Wednesday: 12.40to13.00
Stage: 1
Chemcycling and resource efficiency
Dr. Geoff Mackey and Dr. Darren Budd Dr. - Geoff Mackey - Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director, BASF plc / Dr. Darren Budd - Commercial Director, BASF UK & Ireland, BASF plc
JOINT SPEAKERS
Dr. Geoff Mackey
Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director - BASF
Dr. Darren Budd
Commercial Director, BASF UK & Ireland, BASF plc
Wednesday: 12.00to12.20
Stage 2
Wednesday: 12.30to13.00
Stage 2
What does emerging environmental policy tell us about the future of chemical regulation?
Session Host: Caroline Raine Technical Director - National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC)
Panellists
Chris Hughes
Head of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology - National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC)
Nishma Patel
Policy Director - Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
Simon Tilling
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson UK LLP, UK
Wednesday: 12.00to13.00
Stage 3
Building a world-class low carbon hydrogen economy – make it, store it, use it….
Philip Aldridge Chief Executive Officer - North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC)
Panellists
Dave Robson
Hydrogen External Relations Lead at Kellas Midstream
Daren Smith
Site Director, SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited
Matthew Wilson
Energy Transition Manager, Navigator Terminals
Lee Taylor
Senior Business Development Manager at Doosan Babcock
Wednesday: 12.00to12.20
Stage 4
Applied machine learning to accelerate development of formulations and chemical processes
Dr Gareth Conduit CTO, Intellegens
Wednesday: 12.20to12.40
Stage 4
Workforce Transformation with Data Science and Analytics
Allison Buenemann Industry Principal, Seeq Corporation
Wednesday: 12.40to13.00
Stage 4
The Rise of Private Networks and How Your Organisation Will Benefit
Martin Green Head of UK Business Development at Cellnex
Wednesday: 13.00to14.00
Stage: 1
"The CBA Big Debate’ - daily feature panel sessions (hosted by the Chemical Business Association ) Theme: 'What the future might hold for the chemical supply chain'
Elaine McGavin Regulatory Affairs Specialist - Chemical Business Association
Guest Panellists:
Tim Doggett
Chief Executive Officer · Chemical Business Association
Sarah Taylor
Managing Director -Grace Overseas Ltd
Kate Mingay
Chair of the Chemical Business Association and Managing Director of Dakram Materials Ltd
Alastair Gardner
Trade Specialist, Chemicals Export & Investment Team - Department for International Trade
Wednesday: 13.00to13.40
Stage 2
FEATURE SESSION: How the Solvents Industry is adapting to a greener future
Session Host: Andrew Norman General Secretary - Solvents Industry Association
Guest Speakers
Luke Goldsmith
Commercial Manager - Coryton Advanced Fuels Ltd
Dr Elske Leenders
Marketing Manager Solvents - Shell Chemicals & Sustainability
Wednesday: 13.40to14.00
Stage 2
Chemistry: a catalyst for change - Royal Society of Chemistry
Professor Gill Reid President-Elect of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2020 - 2022)
Wednesday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 3
Transitioning of the Chemical Laboratory through Digitalisation
Session Host: Brian Attwood Editorial Director, Laboratory News
Guest Speakers
Professor Tim Albrecht
Director of Research & Knowledge Transfer, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham
Iwona Anna Kandpal
Industrial Digital Technology Adviser - Made Smarter UK
Peter Rhodes
Digital Transformation for Scientific Research, Dotmatics
Wednesday: 13.00to13.20
Stage 4
Wednesday: 13.20to13.40
Stage 4
How Plant Process Management in a chemical plant supports the most important 15 minutes of your day
Charles Douthwaite Business Development, eschbach GmbH
Wednesday: 13.40to14.00
Stage 4
Process Analytical Technology (PAT) - a Key Component in Your Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 Initiative
Martin Gadsby CEO - Optimal Industrial Technologies Limited
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 1
Guest Panellists:
Nishma Patel
Policy Director - Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
Mel Biring
Global Regulatory Strategies & Advocacy Manager – LUBRIZOL
Darren Abrahams
Partner at Steptoe and Johnson LLP
Graeme Towell
Senior Project Manager - REACH at KnoellConsult Ltd
Ciara Dempsey
Regulatory Affairs Manager - British Coatings Federation
Simon Johnson
EU Exit Team: Chemicals and Pesticides - Defra
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 2
FEATURE SESSION: Bioeconomy offers Net Zero solutions for the chemicals supply chain
Session Host – Dr. Liz Fletcher Director of Business Engagement and Operations, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBiolC)
Guest speakers:
Dr. Russell Clarke
Senior Business Engagement Manager - Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBiolC)
Dr. Fraser Brown
Head of Chemistry, Ingenza Ltd
Dr. Stephen Wallace
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology - School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Nikos Tsiapis
Research Lead, Impact Solutions Ltd
Miranda Lindsay-Fynn
Commercial Director - Bio-Sep
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 3
Transport of Dangerous Goods – recent challenges and future advances including electronic dangerous goods
Caroline Raine Technical Applications Manager at Ricardo with support from industry, government and trade associations
Latest panellists include:
Douglas Leech
Technical Director - Chemical Business Association
Terry Harvey
DGSA & Chairman National Carriage of Dangerous Goods Practitioners Forum
Jason Dearsley
DGSA & Secretary of National Carriage of Dangerous Goods Practitioners Forum
Herman Teering
Herman Teering, Managing Director - DGOffice B.V
Beth Hewlett
Policy Advisor - Department for Transport
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 4
FEATURE PANEL: Driving efficiency and sustainability - Technology is the tool; here's how to use it.
Scott Pepper Sector Head – Process Instrumentation & Control Sector - GAMBICA
Joint Speakers
Chris Snelling
Business Development Manager Wireless, Endress+Hauser UK
John Skelland
Senior Staff Consultant KBC (a Yokogawa Company)
Will Brown
IIoT Solutions Architect, Powelectrics Limited
Dan Burbridge
Sales Specialist Siemens
Wednesday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 1
An Exporter’s Journey – How DIT can assist UK companies to increase their international business
Ivan Lima Head of Chemicals, Department for International Trade (DIT)
Guest Panellists:
Ayça Kiliçli
Senior Trade & Investment Adviser -Department for International Trade, Germany
Greg Barton
Managing Director - Surfachem Ltd
Wednesday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 2
A Sustainable future for Adhesives and Sealants - Hosted by BASA
Session Host: Jim Palmer J P Consultancy Ltd - BASA Technical Officer
Guest Panellists:
Steve Farnworth
Managing Director - Itac Adhesives
Jenny Barnett
SHEQ Manager - F Ball and Co Ltd
Lorna Williams
Executive Officer and General Secretary, British Adhesives & Sealants Association.
Dr. Norman Keane
Director of Innovation Ingevity
David Park
Public Affairs Manager British Coatings Federation Limited
Caroline Raine
NCEC & BASA Consultant
Dr. Geoff Mackey
Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director - BASF
Wednesday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 3
Guest Panellists:
Tracy Hughes
Operations Manager, Prax
Joe Hodgson
Head of business development, Engie Fabricom
Jenny Sutcliffe
Principal Consultant, Regulatory Affairs, P66
Ian Livingston
Project Manager – Humber Cluster, Equinor
Ian Nunn
Apprenticeship Programme Manager – Syngenta
Joe Castle
2nd year apprentice – Syngenta
James McIntosh
COO & Director of Skills – CATCH
Wednesday: 15.00to15.20
Stage 4
Optimising the costs of UK REACH registrations - lessons learned from EU REACH registrations
Jana Travnickova Regulatory Queen, REGARTIS
Wednesday: 15.20to15.40
Stage 4
Wednesday: 15.40to16.00
Stage 4
India's Draft Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules: Know your obligations and start preparing
Shisher Kumra Executive Director, Global Product Compliance
Wednesday: 16.00to16.30
Stage: 1
RSC SME Showcase - supporting UK deep tech chemistry, for people and the planet - featuring presentations from Stoli Chem and Barton Blakeley
Session Host: Andrew Waterworth Industry Engagement Manager at Royal Society of Chemistry
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Nikolay Cherasov
Founder and Managing Director -Stoli Chem
Christopher Barton
CEO - Barton Blakeley
Wednesday: 16.30to16.50
Stage 1
Keynote presentation
Dr Jo Bray Deputy Director, Head of Chemicals & Plastics, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Wednesday: 16.00to16.20
Stage 2
AESSEAL NET ZERO & Betterworld Solutions - Working together to make a difference for future generations.
Martin Challoner Head of Marketing - AESSEAL
Wednesday: 16.00to16.20
Stage 3
Industrial-Scale Manufacture of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Solid Sorbents for Energy-Efficient Carbon Capture
Dr. Selina Ambrose Technical Manager - Promethean Particles
Wednesday: 16.00to16.20
Stage 4
